Better Food For All

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Company Name First Name Last Name Organisation
Type
University of Dschang Gérard Ngoh Newilah Academic
University of Bath Javier Gonzalez Academic
University of Reading Dimitris Charalampopoulos Academic
Aston University Andrea Fotticchia Academic
Aston Institute of Kaiming Zhou Academic
Phototechnology,
Aston University
University of Stirling Amina Moss Academic

SRUC Jos Houdijk Academic
University of Abdullah Iqbal Academic
Huddersfield
National Manufacturing Alistair Williams Academic
Institute Scotland
(NMIS)
IET Alan Mulongo Academic
Nottingham Trent Ejaz Qureshi Academic
University
Food Industry Centre, Martin Sutherland Academic
Cardiff Met University
UCL Darren Nesbeth Academic
Edinburgh Napier sophie foley Academic
University
City, University of Danny Tyler Academic
London
Unviersity of Exeter Hannah Williams Academic
University of David Gray Academic
Nottingham
University of Leeds Celia Ferreira Academic
Bournemouth Rounaq Nayak Academic
University
Aston University, Dr. Tabbi Awotwe Wilberforce Academic
Mechanical
Engineering and
Design
Sheffield Hallam Kassim Mwitondi Academic
University
University of Leicester Pat Heslop-Harrison Academic
FutureAgri.org Richard Lomax Academic
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Biomathematics & Graham Horgan Academic
Statistics Scotland
Bahir Dar University Degnet Asres Academic
Institute of Almas Gheyas Academic
Aquaculture, University
of Stirling
SRUC (Scotland's John Newbold Academic
Rural College)
SETsquared Yuchen Gu Academic
Partnership
Quadram Institute Fred Warren Academic
University of Glasgow emilie combet Academic
Institute of Aquaculture Dave Little Academic
University of Stirling
Aston University Martin Grant Academic
The Rowett Institute, Madalina Neacsu Academic
University of Aberdeen
Queen's University Oleksandr Malyuskin Academic
Belfast
University of Leeds Alan Javier Hernandez Alvarez Academic
Sokoine University of Rashid Suleiman Academic
Agriculture
SRUC Mike Christian Academic
University of Kent Rob Barker Academic
Scotbeef Limited Alison Galloway Food Producer
BiaGo Ltd Robert Goodfellow Food Producer
Dreckly Organic Richard Deakin Food Producer
Aquaponics Ltd
MoringaVerde Robert K. Brunner Food Producer
Silvasheep Limited Jake Locke Food Producer
City Pond CIC Ayo Adeoye Food Producer
Sustainable Creations Sudesh Weerasekara Food Producer
Ltd
RegenfarmCo vincent walsh Food Producer
Unilever Henry Durant Food Producer
Grow Wild Acai Hannah Boothby Food Producer
FUNKI DRINKS Paul McCreery Food Producer
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The Scottish Adrian Macleod Food Producer
Association for Marine
Science
Stans Choice Ian Haworth Food Producer
Aston University Ahmed Rezk Food Producer
Delilites Ireland Ltd Cathal McDonnell Food Producer
Sea Therapeutics Nazgol Esfahani Food Producer
Portsmouth City Kristina Downey Government
Council
Council for the Alban Igwe Government
Regulation of Freight
forwarding in Nigeria
Well Fruited Ben Kaye Industry other
METALWORTH Bright Industry other
RESOURCES LTD
B-Hive Innovations Andrew Gill Industry other
Bell & Loxton Peter Luebcke Industry other
Innovations Ltd
Ixion Perry Guess Industry other
ImmBio Camilo Colaco Industry other
SportWorks Neil Cameron Industry other
Bell and Loxton Andrew Shearer Industry other
Innovations Limited
Innovate UK KTN Debbie tully Industry other
Best Produce Patricia Obichukwu Industry other
International UK Ltd
The British Nutrition Annette Creedon Industry other
Foundation
Cambond Ltd Gareth Roberts Industry other
MDC LTD Vera D Industry other
Vita-Rhize UK Ltd Nick Read Industry other
N/A Hannah Battrick Industry other
TheFLEXitarian Ray Lorimer Industry other
EqualiTree CIC Chantel Davies Industry other
Earth Analytics Group Stephanie Race Industry other
Evolutor Ltd Joe Price Industry other
A&R House (BCL) Ltd Alistair House Industry other
Perfect Support Michelle Clarke Industry other
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Stonnivation Alan Whiteside Industry other
BIC Innovation Louise Neilson Industry other
Frontier Technical Ltd Trevor Hardcastle Industry other
Jute Products Ltd Jahanoor Hamid Industry other
ADAS Roger Sylvester-Bradley RTO/contract
research
organisation
Medical Research Isatou Sarr RTO/contract
Council Unit The research
Gambia at the London organisation
School of Hygiene &
Tropical Medicine
The Manufacturing Bhavnita Patel RTO/contract
Technology Centre research
(MTC) organisation
Reading Scientific Sonalika Jain RTO/contract
Services Ltd research
organisation
Agri-EPI Centre Rebecca Lewis RTO/contract
research
organisation
Climate Innovation Isabella Guerrini de Claire RTO/contract
Hub research
organisation
Campden BRI Craig Leadley RTO/contract
research
organisation
CPI Jonathan Rand RTO/contract
research
organisation
CHAP - Crop Health Ed Mallows RTO/contract
and Protection Ltd research
organisation
John Innes Centre / Jonathan Clarke RTO/contract
Enterprise research
organisation
Industrial Technology Joanne Rout Tech/Equipment
Systems Ltd provider
uFraction8 Monika Tomecka Tech/Equipment
provider
Point74 Limited Mark Wood Tech/Equipment
provider
InvestinGreen.Energy Noel Haynes Tech/Equipment
provider
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Mavian Agritech Ltd Vibhuti Choyal Tech/Equipment
provider
Phoebe App Limited Sarah Roesink Tech/Equipment
provider
Agile Vehicle Neil Brunt Tech/Equipment
Technologies Ltd provider
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University of Dschang | Gérard Ngoh Newilah
Contact details: gbngoh@gmail.com

Organisation type: Academic
Org website: https://www.univ-dschang.org
Area of focus:
Functional foods: foods with specific health benefits
Additional area of focus:

Preservation, packaging and storage technologies
What do you do?

Work on food science and technology
Project idea?
Enhancing food quality of some neglected fruits and vegetables in Cameroon
What can you offer a collaborator?

My experience in tropical fruit and vegetable research production of raw materials for
jointly analysis
Challenges?
Creating a sustanable research collaboration
What collaborator are you looking for?

Food scientists with experience and available infrastrutures for fruit and vegetable
analysis
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University of Bath | Javier Gonzalez
Contact details: j.t.gonzalez@bath.ac.uk

Org website: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/javier-gonzalez
Area of focus:

Stratified nutrition: products aimed at particular demographics or groups
What do you do?

My research group employs a variety of methods to understand human fuel use,
including indirect calorimetry, tissue biopsies and stable isotope (IV) infusion and
ingestion. We use these methods across laboratory-based and free-living studies to
answer basic science and practically-relevant questions.
Project idea?
I have some ideas on both novel uses for specific ingredients to improve health and
also specific dietary approaches to improve health based on stratified nutrition. Both
of these centre on the role of specific types of carbohydrates.

We have the capability and track record of running human physiological studies to
characterise the effects and metabolic mechanisms by which nutritional interventions
influence health.
Challenges?
N/A

Industry or academic support with food science and technology.
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University of Reading | Dimitris Charalampopoulos
Contact details: d.charalampopoulos@reading.ac.uk

Org website: www.https://www.reading.ac.uk/food/
Area of focus:
Enhancing food quality: improving nutritional quality of foods and ingredients

What do you do?

Research across the food supply chain, including raw materials production, food
processing, quality and nutrition, consumption, as well as food waste and by-product
valorisation. Core facilities include food processing pilot plant, nutrition unit, gut
model systems, fermentation systems, flavour centre, sensory centre, and chemical
analysis facility.
Project idea?
Particularly interested in modifying / improving ingredient functionality through
processing and biotechnological methods, and de developing methods for the
encapsulation of bioactive ingredients.

Research expertise, dynamic and collaborative research environment, and state of
the art facilities spanning the food science, processing, quality and nutrition and
bioactivity.
Challenges?
(i) develop in depth understanding of structure / function in the case of proteins and
polysaccharides and the influence of (bio)processing; (ii) develop and scale up
improved encapsulation methodologies for bioactives in foods; (iii) produce
tailored-made prebiotic oligosaccharides with enhanced technological and functional
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properties; (iv) develop novel biodegradable packaging materials from natural
biopolymers, with enhanced properties.

Interested working collaboratively with businesses to develop innovative
technological solutions for the production of improved foods and ingredients.
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Aston University | Andrea Fotticchia
Contact details: a.fotticchia@aston.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.aston.ac.uk/
Area of focus:
Other: Sensors for QA

Other: 3D printed meat
What do you do?

At Aston University we have a track record at working with industry, especially
through KTPs.We have a wide range of research covered by three Colleges (Health
and Life Sciences, Business and Humanities and Engineering and Physical
Sciences).
Project idea?
We have a number of ongoing projects at different stage of development that could
be of interest for the AgriFood industry:- sensors- 3D printed meat- psychology-
robotics and AI- life cycle analysis- heat recovery- waste valorisation

We offer expertise in a variety of fields and cutting-edge facilities. Especially for KTP
applications, we have a dedicated team with a success rate of 100% in 2022 that will
support throughout the whole process.
Challenges?
Our challenge is sometimes finding a route to the real world. We are therefore keen
to partner up with businesses that could benefit from our solutions but, at the same
time, provide feedback on how to optimise the technologies to maximise the result.
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We are looking for business partners with an open mindset, willing to innovate. We
can partner up with companies in any stage of the the supply chain.
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Aston Institute of Photonic Technology, Aston University | Kaiming
Zhou
Contact details: K.ZHOU@ASTON.AC.UK

Org website: www.aston.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Research, education
Project idea?
Using of photonic technologies for enhance food quality, safety and reduction of
carbon emission.

Spectroscopy technologies and fibre optical sensor and sensing
Challenges?
NA

Food manufacturing interested in using new material and new method
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University of Stirling | Amina Moss
Contact details: amina.moss@stir.ac.uk

Org website: www.stir.ac.uk
Area of focus:

Plant-based and alternative proteins
What do you do?

The Institute of Aquaculture is part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the
University of Stirling (IoA, UoS) (www.aqua.stir.ac.uk ) is a world-leading research
establishment in aquaculture, with exceptional expertise in aquaculture research and
wider aquatic fields such as sustainability and resilience of aquatic environments.
The IoA has a successful record of implementing fundamental biological and applied
projects, collaborating extensively with the private sector. The IoA has dedicated
molecular laboratories with all the equipment for transcriptomic analyses,
genotyping, sequencing, and bioinformatics expertise on site and a state-of-the-art
HPLC, GC, GC-MS and LCMS facilities for detailed nutritional analyses.
Project idea?
My ideas lie within the field of aquaculture nutrition and I would be happy to discuss
further.

We can offer access to state-of-the-art equipment and aquaculture species-rearing
facilities, and help in feed formulation, grant writing, and project management.
Challenges?
Yes, and I would be happy to discuss further.
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I am looking for collaborators that produce sustainable proteins, and that are looking
to test the replacement of fish meal with their proteins in aquaculture species,
especially crustaceans.
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SRUC | Jos Houdijk
Contact details: jos.houdijk@sruc.ac.uk

Org website: www.sruc.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

SRUC is a higher education institute with world-leading strategic to applied research
and consultancy functions. I am an academic nutritionist, undertaking research and
lecturing in many aspects of animal nutrition.
Project idea?
Using alternative (protein) sources to improve meat and egg quality.

Research facilities that can undertake nutritional strategy studies in poultry and pigs,
with assessment on end product quality through a combination of in-house and
external specialist analysis, extendable to consumer taste sessions depending on
level of technology readiness.
Challenges?
Not at this moment

Partnership to assist their research and development of nutritional strategies in
especially poultry products (eggs, chicken) and pork for the benefit of UK
consumers.
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University of Huddersfield | Abdullah Iqbal
Contact details: abdullahiqbal_1@outlook.com

Org website: No website
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Trying to improve cultured meat and other protein based frozen products. Improve
their freeze ability and other characteristics.
Project idea?
Using specific proteins to ensure meat and lab grown meat and other frozen meat
alternatives can be frozen and thawed at normal temperatures that does not cause
damage to the product and allows it to maintain its flavour.

Scientific expertise SchedulingManagement skills
Challenges?
Testing the idea to see whether it works in this context. Finding lab space and
funding.

Funding and scientific lab space. CFO skillsContacts with industry
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National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) | Alistair Williams
Contact details: alistair.williams@strath.ac.uk

Org website: NMIS.scot
Area of focus:
Other: Manufacturing and producing technology solutions

Other: Improving productivity
What do you do?

I am the person at NMIS that people with knowledge exchange projects or real world
production or manufacturing challenges in the Food and Drink sector should contact
at NMIS.A place where industry, academia and the public sector work together on
ground-breaking manufacturing research to transform productivity levels, makes
companies more competitive and boost the skills of our current and future workforce.
Project idea?
We want to enable shop floor to top floor real time data collection and information
production.Whether it is field to fork of sea to shelf, if there is a manufacturing
challenge there may be ways that the team at NMIS can assist in increasing
productivity.

Access to some of the best engineers, facilities and technology in the UK. Part of the
HVM Catapult and connected to centres of excellence in academia, technology and
innovation.
Challenges?
N/A
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Collaborators looking to apply technology to deliver productive and sustainable
production, manufacturing, processing or packing solutions in the food chain.
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IET | Alan Mulongo
Contact details: alanmulongo@yahoo.com

Org website: www.theiet.org
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Serving.
Project idea?
Investment.

New approaches.
Challenges?
None.

Yes.
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Nottingham Trent University | Ejaz Qureshi
Contact details: ejaz.qureshi@ntu.ac.uk

Org website:
https://www.ntu.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/groups/sustainable-agriculture-a
nd-food-security2
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Research across:Sustainability of agricultureInnovations and attitudes and behaviour
relating to agriculture and foodVertical framing and urban agricultureHorticulture and
garden designInteractions between feed materials and gastrointestinal physiology in
production speciesAnimal physiology, and animal nutrition to improve gut health and
productionLivestock behaviour welfare and housing
Project idea?
None

Sustainable agriculture can improve crop yields and quality with the most efficient
use of non-renewable resources. We use a novel vertical growing system and
various innovative technologies including automated precision control systems and
LED light to optimise crop production efficiency and to increase quality of food.
Challenges?
None
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Growers and producers to partner with product challenges
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Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Met University | Martin Sutherland
Contact details: msutherland@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Org website: www.cardiffmet.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

A university that educates, researchers and supports industry.We are the Food
Industry Centre at Cardiff Met University.
Project idea?
TBC

TBC
Challenges?
TBC

TBC
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UCL | Darren Nesbeth
Contact details: d.nesbeth@ucl.ac.uk

Org website: ucl.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Scientific research
Project idea?
In situ growth factor feeding by feeder cells

25 years molecular cell biology experience.
Challenges?
High cost of growth factor

Yes
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Edinburgh Napier University | Sophie Foley
Contact details: s.foley@napier.ac.uk

Org website: napier.ac.uk
Area of focus:

Other: Fermented Foods
What do you do?

University - Life Sciences Department - Microbiology Research Group with an
expertise in food spoilage, food preservation, food fermentation. Also within our
School (School of Applied Sciences) we have research groups in social sciences
and psychology to support cross-disciplinary work.
Project idea?
I am keen to see if there is an interest in fermented foods and beverages as part of
this funding call given the increasing evidence to support the importance of
fermented foods in the diet, the low consumption of fermented foods in the UK diet
aside from dairy-based products, the need to reduce food spoilage including of raw
materials, and the need to diversify agriculture and food production with a reduction
on intensive meat/dairy production.

I am an Associate Professor in Microbiology, with a research interest and expertise
in food microbiology, food spoilage, fermentation, lactic acid bacteria . Over the
years I have collaborated with a number of industries (mainly SMEs), producers of
fermented foods and beverages (including vegetable, dairy and currently kombucha),
characterising microflora, selecting starter cultures etc. I have colleagues here also
with expertise in meta-taxonomic sequencing of microbial populations, and
development of alternative preservation methods for reducing food
spoilage/food-borne disease.
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Challenges?
I am keen to see if there is an interest in fermented foods and beverages as part of
this funding call given the increasing evidence to support the importance of
fermented foods in the diet, the low consumption of fermented foods in the UK diet
aside from dairy-based products, the need to reduce food spoilage including of raw
materials, and the need to diversify agriculture and food production with a reduction
on intensive meat/dairy production.

Anybody interested in developing project or looking for expertise in food
fermentation, lactic acid bacteria. Also cross-disciplinary project that might benefit
from this contribution
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City, University of London | Danny Tyler
Contact details: danny.tyler@city.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.city.ac.uk/research/centres/food-policy
Area of focus:

What do you do?

University - Research
Project idea?
TBC

TBC - Facilitator in bring together our academic expertise with business
Challenges?
TBC

TBC
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Unviersity of Exeter | Hannah Williams
Contact details: h.williams7@exeter.ac.uk

Org website: www.exeter.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Russell group University
Project idea?
N/A

At the University of Exeter we combine teaching excellence and high levels of
student satisfaction with world class research at our campuses in Exeter and
Cornwall. We are a member of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive
universities. Our success is built on a strong partnership with our students and a
clear focus on high performance.
Challenges?
N/A

Opportunities to support research
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University of Nottingham | David Gray
Contact details: David.gray@nottingham.ac.uk

Org website:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/food-structure-and-biomaterials/index
.aspx
Area of focus:

What do you do?

The Mission statement of the Food Structure and Biomaterials Research Group at
the University of Nottingham 'To pioneer food transformation that benefits society
through increasing our understanding of food-constituent functionality from the
molecular scale up to real foods’
Project idea?
We have proved the nutritional and functional properties of chloroplasts released
from underutilised green biomass. Chloroplasts could be used whole and intact as a
food ingredient or as a supplement. The research idea would be to increase the food
application scope of chloroplasts by fractionating them into their lipid and protein-rich
fractions.

Academic pedigree, knowledge of processing green biomass to recover nutrition rich
chloroplasts.
Challenges?
Testing performance of chloroplast fractions in food productsPerhaps novel methods
to fractionate plant organelles
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Partners with a heart for innovation and sustainability and a vision for increasing
nutritional content and health benefits of food products.
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University of Leeds | Celia Ferreira
Contact details: c.m.ferreira@leeds.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.leeds.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

I lecture Foods Analysis, Food Biotechnology, Food sustainability, and Development
of innovative Food prodructs. My lab research sits at the intersection of Food
Science, Health and Sustainability. We are passionate to apply microbial
fermentation to solve current Food Science, Food Formulation and Sustainability
challenges.More sustainable food sources but healthy and nutritious, agro-food
waste streams revalorization, novel approaches to food formulation like fat
replacement, mask of flavours and odours , microbiome modulation, extension of
shelf life are just examples of key challenges that can be addressed by microbial
fermentation
Project idea?
I want to look for partners to use microbial fermentation to solve current Food
Science, Food Formulation and Sustainability challenges.

-Deep knowledge in biotechnology, fermentation in particular of yeasts, but also in
Food science and development of meat-analogues
Challenges?
-Find partners that can provide appropriate food waste quantities- Find partner with
entrepreneur expertise and potential commercialisation
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- Agri-food industries with wastes that can be fermented by several microorganisms
to produce added value products for food industry.- Collaborators that are producing
plant-based food products and need solutions for their limitations, which I can
explore by microbial fermentation.
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Bournemouth University | Rounaq Nayak
Contact details: rnayak@bournemouth.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/
Area of focus:
Other: Food justice

Other: Low-carbon diets
What do you do?

I am a Lecturer in Sustainable Agri-Food Systems at Bournemouth University. I have
over 7 years’ experience in human factors research and its application to
sustainability and Net Zero challenges within the agri-food sector. My research
focusses on human geography, with a particular interest in integrating social
sustainability focussed interventions within the Net Zero and Food Justice realm,
using mostly user-centred and citizen science methods. I am an Early Career
Researcher and have been awarded the prestigious British Academy Grant
(2022-2024) along with other smaller grants to carry out exploratory studies. I have
contributed to Policy Briefings and Calls for Evidence by the UK Parliament on
household food poverty and the cost-of-living crisis.
Project idea?
I am interested in exploring how food aid programmes (e.g., food pantries,
community hubs/kitchens/fridges) can be made more sustainable such that they are
able to provide communities with diverse groups of low-carbon food (e.g., functional
foods, fortified food and cheaper storage technologies). Prior research has
highlighted that food aid programmes are more sustainable when community access
to these programmes is not means-tested (i.e., your income does not define whether
or not you get access to food from these centres).
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I have extensive experience in working with food aid programmes and referral
agencies across the UK. I also have contacts with various food banks (both Trussell
Trust and IFAN). Additionally, I have over 7 years experience in collecting qualitative
data and carrying out service improvement projects.
Challenges?
Making the above groups of food accessible to all people across a community
regardless of their income.

I would be interested in collaborating with someone/a group with an interest in food
justice and food aid programmes, and with an interest in addressing the challenges
posed by the current cost-of-living crisis. I would love to speak with potential partners
with particular expertise in preservation/storage technologies, functional foods and
fortified/biofortified foods.
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Aston University, Mechanical Engineering and Design | Dr. Tabbi
Awotwe Wilberforce
Contact details: t.awotwe@aston.ac.uk

Area of focus:

What do you do?

Research and Teaching
Project idea?
Smart irrigation systems

N/A
Challenges?
N/A

Companies into farm mechanization
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Sheffield Hallam University | Kassim Mwitondi
Contact details: k.mwitondi@shu.ac.uk

Org website:
https://www.shu.ac.uk/national-centre-of-excellence-for-food-engineering
Area of focus:

Other: Machine Learning
What do you do?

Academic-industry research
Project idea?
Yes, animal grading system

Technical advice and academia-industry collaboration
Challenges?
No

Partners for implementing our innovative ideas
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University of Leicester | Pat Heslop-Harrison
Contact details: phh@molcyt.com

Org website: www.molcyt.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Genetic improvements
Project idea?
Indoor protein production systems with high sustainability

Genetic improvement and opportunities for increase sustainability and reduction of
impact of agricultural and food activities
Challenges?
Genetic improvement, reduced environmental impact of activities, monitoring of
impact

Genetic improvement to increase sustainability and reach carbon net zero
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FutureAgri.org | Richard Lomax
Contact details: richard@futureagri.org

Org website: www.futureagri.org
Area of focus:

What do you do?

FutureAgri is a Vertical Farmer
Project idea?
Food waste is major problem.Exploring how the food waste specifically fruit and or
vegetable between farm gate and retail shelf can be converted into products such as
Protein, Vitamins, Chitin, using Fungi.

Creating Closed Controlled Environments
Challenges?
Growing fungi on fruit and vegetable wasteProcessing of Chitin

Specialists in mycology
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Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland | Graham Horgan
Contact details: g.horgan@abdn.ac.uk

Org website: www.bioss.ac.uk
Area of focus:
Other: data analysis

Other: mathematical modelling
What do you do?

Data analysis, mathematical modelling
Project idea?
Not currently

Data analysis, mathematical modelling with experience in nutrition and health
Challenges?
Not currently

Data driven research
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Bahir Dar University | Degnet Asres
Contact details: degnet2006@gmail.com

Org website: bdu.edu.et
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Teaching, research and community service and or engagement
Project idea?
Yes,Improve diets and nutrition of rural community through providing mobile-based
information while mothers are at home

Research ideas, research infrastructure and experience
Challenges?
Budget

Resources and technical support
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Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling | Almas Gheyas
Contact details: almas.gheyas@stir.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

I am a Lecturer at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling which performs
research and teaching and also provides consultancy and business services.
Project idea?
At the University if Stirling, a number of academic staff members have come together
to create a cluster to conduct interdisciplinary research involving nutritional aspects
on human and fish health. For instance, we are interested in assessing the impact of
Astaxanthin as a feed supplement on salmonid species and on human health (e.g.
on thermotolerance, bone formation, and immunity)

We can offer expertise in human health and fish research involving nutrition and
genetics
Challenges?
We need partnership with aquaculture industry to assess the effect of nutritional
supplements (e.g. Astaxanthin) on salmon health, welfare and product quality and its
ultimate effect on human health.
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We are looking for industry partners who have interest in interdisciplinary research
and innovation in the above described theme involving nutrition and
genetics/genomics.
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SRUC (Scotland's Rural College) | John Newbold
Contact details: john.newbold@sruc.ac.uk

Org website: www.sruc.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Research, education and consultancy for the rural economy (including agriculture,
horticulture, food and forestry).
Project idea?
Supply chains of healthful nutrition from natural capital via grasslands and cows.

Dairy science capabilities.
Challenges?
Not explicit at this stage.

Human nutrition expertise.
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SETsquared Partnership | Yuchen Gu
Contact details: yuchen.gu@setsquared.co.uk

Org website: https://www.setsquared.co.uk/programme/scale-up-programme/
Area of focus:
Other: Any areas

Other: Any areas
What do you do?

Connecting academics from SETsquared Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter,
Southampton and Surrey to industrial companies who need academic expertise to
support their R&D project.
Project idea?
No.

Academic collaborators; private investment; bid writing support.
Challenges?
No.

Any eligible SMEs
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Quadram Institute | Fred Warren
Contact details: fred.warren@quadram.ac.uk

Org website: https://quadram.ac.uk/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We are a research organisation focussed on the links between food, health and the
gut microbiota
Project idea?
N/A

Expertise in carbohdyrate structural analysis, gut microbiome analysis and human
intervention facilities
Challenges?
N/A

Potantial industrial partners who are interested in developing novel carbohydrate
based foods and gut microbiota focussed interventions
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University of Glasgow | Emilie Combet
Contact details: emilie.combetaspray@glasgow.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/medicine/staff/emiliecombetaspray
Area of focus:

What do you do?

human nutrition research
Project idea?
N/A

we have capacity for nutrient profiling and reformulation studies, and short, medium
and long-term intervention trials, with human participants in the context of health and
disease. We have a particular strength on obesity and weight management, as well
as management and prevention of diseases mediated by obesity.
Challenges?
a range of ideas linked to lifecourse nutrition

industry partner for product development and scale-up in the context of large trial
experiments
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Institute of Aquaculture University of Stirling | Dave Little
Contact details: dcl1@stir.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/aquaculture/
Area of focus:
Other: seafood

What do you do?

Research and teach in the the area of aquatic foods
Project idea?
Several ideas around increasing the role of seafood in the UK diet

Potentially several
Challenges?
Low seafood consumption particularly in some consumer groups

Complementarity in terms of skill set. We would be bringing an interdisciplinary
research capacity around human nutrition and health, environmental impact and
ethical approaches towards transforming food systems
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Aston University | Martin Grant
Contact details: m.grant3@aston.ac.uk

Org website: www.agri.org.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Support the development and commercialisation of AGRI-food innovation in
business, particularly utilising photonics and 3D printing/additive manufacture based
technologies.
Project idea?
Looking at new user-centred design based approaches to urban farming.

Access to photonic laboratories, laser testing equipment and dedicated engineering
research facilities, also including an extensive 3D printing and additive manufacture
facility for use in the AGRI-food sector.
Challenges?
Finding partners or stakeholders connected with urban farming supply chain.

Companies that need support with innovation development and commercialisation of
product or service ideas.
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The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen | Madalina Neacsu
Contact details: m.neacsu@abdn.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/rowett/research/profiles/m.neacsu
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Nutritional research
Project idea?
Development of functional food ingredients

A potential route to market
Challenges?
No

Industrial partners
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Queen's University Belfast | Oleksandr Malyuskin
Contact details: o.malyuskin@qub.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.qub.ac.uk/ecit/
Area of focus:
Other: sensing

What do you do?

R&D
Project idea?
Food quality assessment via sensing technology

A range of sensing and analysing techniques
Challenges?
N/A

Verification and Implementation of developed technology
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University of Leeds | Alan Javier Hernandez Alvarez
Contact details: A.J.HernandezAlvarez@leeds.ac.uk

Org website: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/food-nutrition
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Academic/Researcher
Project idea?
I have different ideas in terms of using novel protein sources and agri-food waste for
plant-based foods and and development of functional foods.

Academic/scientific advisory capacity, lab facilities at the University of Leeds, access
to other collaborators in the field, expertise on plant/novel protein sources with
Canadian and UK companies.
Challenges?
Extrusion

Industrial partners with ideas to develop ideas with broad aspects related to food
security, nutrition enhancement, use of agri-food waste for novel plant-based
products and/or functional foods, industrial capabilities/infrastructure.
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Sokoine University of Agriculture | Rashid Suleiman
Contact details: rashid@sua.ac.tz

Org website: www. sua.ac.tz
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Academia
Project idea?
Biodegradable packaging

Knowledge, workings space and others
Challenges?
Fund

To produce bio- based packaging in mass
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Scotbeef Limited | Alison Galloway
Contact details: alison.galloway@scotbeef.com

Organisation type: Food Producer
Org website: Scotbeef.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Manufacture fresh Beef & Lamb products
Project idea?
Improve packaging and shelf life to reduce food waste

Opportunity to get there innovative solution to the market
Challenges?
Improve visual appearance and shelf life on fresh beef and lamb products

Packaging suppliers with innovative packaging solutions
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BiaGo Ltd | Robert Goodfellow
Contact details: Robert.Goodfellow@511innovation.com

Org website: www.Niselo.com
Area of focus:

Fortified and biofortified foods
What do you do?

BiaGo manufacture and sell the Niselo range of gluten free dairy free and vegan
probiotic drinks in UK.
Project idea?
Looking to enhance “functionality and nutritional aspects” of Niselo probiotic - could
be added fibre, protein , novel ferments etc.

Collaborative R&D, in-kind funding (initially), access to 50L pilot plant. Student
projects for university partners. Access to Tshwane university (Pretoria) and parent
company in South Africa with opportunity for collaborative R&D grants. Global
collaboration through consulting network, UI-Global LLC in Connecticut
(www.ui-global.com/about-us)
Challenges?
Oat based products - we are 100% gluten free.
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Strong science base within food, nutrition or sports science. Access to pilot
manufacture with nutritional analyses.Novel probiotics / knowledge of fermented
foods (drinks, beer, kombucha, kvas, etc)Gluten free.
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Dreckly Organic Aquaponics Ltd | Richard Deakin
Contact details: rideakin15@gmail.com

Org website: Na
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Aquaponics
Project idea?
Collaboration

Sustainability security Sovereignty and Profit/cost ROI in 15 to 18 months
Challenges?
No

Innovation 💡
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MoringaVerde | Robert K. Brunner
Contact details: food@bimpress.de

Org website: www.marvic-europaverde.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Moringa as a superfruit vegan protein for animal nutrition from Cuba or LA
Project idea?

Challenges?
n

Wholesales, FCCGs, ..
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Silvasheep Limited | Jake Locke
Contact details: jake@silvasheep.com

Org website: www.silvasheep.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Regenerative agroforestry farming
Project idea?
Research the potential nutritional benefits of an agroforestry environment on end
product quality and nutrition.

N/A
Challenges?
N/A

Research, processing
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City Pond CIC | Ayo Adeoye
Contact details: deji.adeoye@citypond.org

Org website: www.citypond.org
Area of focus:

Other: Energy efficient aquaculture production system
What do you do?

City Pond is a land-based freshwater tropical aquaculture aquaculture company with
innovation for reducing energy cost of keeping the water optimum for the fish,
especially the temperature
Project idea?
Technology to reduce cost of heating water in tropical aquaculture that support
optimum fish performance and health

The innovative idea
Challenges?
Funding

1. Scientific structure and support to further refine and consolidate the innovative
idea2. Funding
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Sustainable Creations Ltd | Sudesh Weerasekara
Contact details: sudesh.weerasekara@gmail.com

Org website: sustainablecreations.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We are developing packaged meals with no preservatives and full of nutrition that
can be easy to prepare for immediate consumption. We research natural
preservative methods, recipes, and packaging solutions with a view to setting up
manufacturing.
Project idea?
Yes, using natural methods to preserve fresh or cooked food, could be prepared
easily for consumption.

Ingredients, recipes, project management, process development.
Challenges?
Yes, finding resources for freeze drying.

Food storage technologies
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RegenfarmCo | Vincent Walsh
Contact details: drvincentwalsh@icloud.com

Org website: http://regenfarmco.com/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We work with large food corporations in the UK supporting them to roll out the
regenerative circular food infrastructure.
Project idea?
Scaling up ecosystem design for food production

We have direct access into supply change and have two farms, One in Yorkshire and
one in surrey we Both farms have opportunity for Innovation opportunities and
technology solutions.
Challenges?
Technology solutions

Help with tech to Scaling up ecosystem design for food production
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Unilever | Henry Durant
Contact details: henry.durant@unilever.com

Org website: https://www.unilever.com/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

R&D Ecosystems manager for Nutrition and Ice Cream business groups.
Project idea?
N/A

Large multinational supply and distribution, world leading researchers, and ability to
quickly scale ideas to market.
Challenges?
Please refer to Unilever's Compass Strategy:
https://www.unilever.com/files/8f9a3825-2101-411f-9a31-7e6f176393a4/the-unilever-
compass.pdf

Ideas for collaboration that will be of mutual benefit to small and large companies
and public organisations.
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Grow Wild Acai | Hannah Boothby
Contact details: hello@growildacai.co.uk

Org website: growildacai.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We provide organic, sustainable tropical fruits direct to consumer, and to businesses.
We encourage an active, healthy lifestyle to our customers through our social
platforms, and by providing a healthy product. We
Project idea?
One idea is to create an ice-cream alternative which is nutritionally dense and
accessible to the wider population using our high quality açai as a base.

Access to high quality, nutrient dense fruits, that are sustainably and ethically
sourced. A growing customer base to market the product to, as well as a UK-wide
delivery solution for frozen foods.
Challenges?
Expertise in sustainable packaging, and retail design for selling product off the shelf

Energy and passion for improving nutrition for the UK population.
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FUNKI DRINKS | Paul McCreery
Contact details: paulmccreery6@gmail.com

Org website: www.drinkfunki.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We create functional carbonated soft drinks with fibre to aid digestive health
Project idea?
We are currently commercialising a high fibre carbonated soft drink

A well-developed recipeKnowledge of the problemTime and resources to scale the
project
Challenges?
Finding a partner who can manufacture functional soft drinksFinding a partner who
can offer sustainable packaging materials

Expertise in scaling a functional soft drinkKnowledge of sustainable packaging
materials and sustainability issues in the drinks industry
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The Scottish Association for Marine Science | Adrian Macleod
Contact details: adrian.macleod@sams.ac.uk

Org website: https://www.sams.ac.uk/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We are developing techniques to cultivate a range of seaweed species. Our work
focusses on improving yield and quality for a range of applications including food.
Project idea?
We have ideas around how we can improve the nutritional composition of seaweed
for food based products and would also like to explore ways to make seaweed
products more palatable.

We can offer our cultivation expertise and use of our seaweed farms and laboratory
facilities for further testing.
Challenges?
The high iodine content of the biomass currently grown commercially results in some
restrictions to the rate of inclusion in human food products. We would be interested
in speaking with organizations that have innovative ideas for better food processing
methodology.
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We are looking for organizations with an interest in using seaweed as a food
ingredient. In particular, those with a background in food innovation.
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Stans Choice | Ian Haworth
Contact details: Ithaworth246@gmail.com

Org website: Www.gov.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Ready meals for people living with dysphagia
Project idea?
Confidential

Marjet data
Challenges?
Manifacturing process

Production of oroduct
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Aston University | Ahmed Rezk
Contact details: a.rezk@aston.ac.uk

Area of focus:

What do you do?

R&D
Project idea?
Cooling for storage and transport

sustainable heating and cooling solutions, heat storage and reuse.
Challenges?
Net-zero agriculture.

cold chain, heating and heat storage for the ruse at the farm scale
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Delilites Ireland Ltd | Cathal McDonnell
Contact details: cathal.mcdonnell@delilites.com

Org website: www.delilites.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

we make Food-to-go products such as sandwiches.
Project idea?
We have one idea linked to MAP packing products in packaging that is also
heatable. we also want to develop nutritionally dense and delicious energy bites

25 years experience of the Food to go industry. BCorp certified business that are
experts in sustainability.
Challenges?
MAP and heatable packaging for food that is also sustainable.

1. expertise in food packaging technology
2. Expertise in Nutrition Food NPD.
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Sea Therapeutics | Nazgol Esfahani
Contact details: naz@seatherapeutics.co.uk

Org website: www.seatherapeutics.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Create algal superfood to combat gut and skin issues through improving microbiome
diversity
Project idea?
Yes. We are seeking the reformulation of an active ingredient with potent antioxidant
and anti-inflammatory properties - which is currently used in large scale
manufacturing however is limited in its bioavailability and shelf life.

A full scope of project (with huge innovative potential to disrupt a rather conventional
industry so far), first to market status regarding ingredient of interest in a novel form,
patent ability , business plan, business experts and technical advisor with experience
in the laboratory field of interest.
Challenges?
Yes, U.K. based service to characterise active ingredient of interest. + U.K. based
service to extract and reformulate active ingredient of interest into a nano vesicular
particle for improved bioavailability and shelf life
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Laboratory services.
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Well Fruited | Ben Kaye
Contact details: ben@wellfruited.co.uk

Organisation type: Industry other
Org website: wellfruited.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We create fruit-based products that are healthier than existing solutions
Project idea?
We are looking to partner with an academic institution to test our first product range
and prove it is the first drink to nutritionally replicate eating a piece of fruit.This could
allow us to significantly improve health outcomes, given that nearly 3 in 4 people in
England do not consume their 5-a-day.

We can offer the products that can be tested within these studies, as well as the
knowledge that has come from working on it for two years. Based on successful
testing, we can also offer the solution's commercialisation and route to market.
Challenges?
We need to design and deliver a study showing that fruit's health benefits are equally
captured in drink form by our product in relation to various nutritional benefits
(including fibre), sugar impact and satiation.
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Expertise in nutrition, scientific testing knowledge in the area of health and nutrition
and excitement for a study which we believe will showcase a new healthier form of
drink than ever before.
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METALWORTH RESOURCES LTD | Bright Samuel
Contact details: metalworth@yahoo.com

Org website: http://www.nigeriaindustrialmrosupply.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Early stage investment in Agricultural development projects
Project idea?
YES thank you

Technical know how and local project management and logistics support
Challenges?
Food preservation and Distribution

Technology Transfer, licencing and collaboration
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B-Hive Innovations | Andrew Gill
Contact details: agill@b-hiveinnovations.co.uk

Org website: https://www.b-hiveinnovations.co.uk/
Area of focus:
Other: Agritech

What do you do?

B-hive Innovations is an R&D business that aims to innovate and grow by creating
new agri-tech solutions for the challenges faced by the fresh produce industry. We
have a diverse skillset spanning remote sensing, data science, machine learning,
robotics and field trials to take research concepts all the way from idea to product.
Project idea?
No

We offer a wealth of experience and expertise in various technological areas, from
plant science to mechanical engineering, and from machine learning to project
formulation/management
Challenges?
no

We would like to partner with companies who would benefit from links to an
innovative R&D company with intimate knowledge of the food production landscape
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Bell & Loxton Innovations Ltd | Peter Luebcke
Contact details: peter.luebcke@bellandloxtoninnovations.co.uk

Org website: www.bellandloxtoninnovations.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Create high-value biorenewables from agri-food co-streams.
Project idea?
Yes, will divulge under NDA.

Collaboration, commercial upside once on market.
Challenges?
Yes

Complimentary technologies. Route to market.
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Ixion | Perry Guess
Contact details: perry.guess@ixionholdings.com

Org website: https://www.ixioninnovation.com/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We help businesses, academia and third sector organisations identify and access
funding that enables them to achieve their research and innovation ambitions. As a
not-for-profit, owned by a major charity, we are uniquely positioned to sharing the
risk of grant applications. We have over 20-years' experience and have deep
knowledge of funders and the innovation landscape.
Project idea?
We are working with a number of companies in the agri-food/food-tech space,
ranging from AI animal health and wellbeing, and on-farm process optimisation
through to cultured meat and satellite enabled precision farming.

Experienced, professional proposal and partnership creation support, and potential
access to further opportunities through existing clients and additional funding
sources
Challenges?
No
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Potential project partners
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ImmBio | Camilo Colaco
Contact details: camilo.colaco@immbio.com

Org website: www.ImmBio.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Novel processing technology
Project idea?
Novel Processing technology using sustainable materials to improve shelf-life

PoC data in collaboration with U.Cambridge partner developing sustainable
materials
Challenges?
no

Funding or commitment to trial prototype processing technology developed
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SportWorks | Neil Cameron
Contact details: neil.cameron@sportworksltd.co.uk

Org website: www.sportworksltd.co.uk
Area of focus:
Other: Digital

Other: Digital
What do you do?

Health based programmes delivered online and offline to support mental and
physical wellbeing throughout the UK
Project idea?
We are developing a new online application which integrates physical activity and
good nutrition

UK wide workforce currently supporting 30,000 individuals per annum, development
of a new online application which can be tailored to integrate a nutritional element
Challenges?
Access to funding and scaling throughout the UK

Nutritional expertise and resources which can be expanded onto an online
application
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Bell and Loxton Innovations Limited | Andrew Shearer
Contact details: andrew.shearer@bellandloxtoninnovations.co.uk

Org website: www.bellandloxtoninnovations.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We are a technology spinout from a working farm and rapeseed oil producer in
Devon. We are developing a scaling up process to produce high value
biorenewables from process co streams.
Project idea?
We are looking for abundant sources of waste/co stream biomass that currently have
low value which are high in protein. We are interested in the human nutrition and
personal care markets.

Potential for co-development collaboration agreements.
Challenges?
We are always interested to talk to those interested in what we are doing.

We are looking for abundant sources of waste/co stream biomass that currently have
low value which are high in protein. We are interested in the human nutrition and
personal care markets
Best Produce International UK Ltd | Patricia Obichukwu
Contact details: info@bestproduceuk.com

Org website: www.bestproduceuk.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Best Produce International (UK) Ltd is a Management Consulting firm withhighly
skilled professionals who have years of experience and expertise inProject
Management; Quality Improvement of Agricultural Produce, SupplyChain
Management; Export Promotion, Product Sourcing, Product Designand Packaging,
Training and Capacity Development; Needs & RiskAssessment and Management,
Health and Social Care ServiceDevelopment.Best Produce is a GLOBALG.A.P
Registered Trainer, Verification Body andBenchmark Focus Group Committee
Member.A Registered Consultant and Approved Training Centre for
InternationalFeatured Standards (IFS-Certification); and International Fruit
JuiceAssociation - Country Representative for Nigeria & other West Africancountries.
This enables us to offer end-to-end one-stop-shop solution /technical / expert
support to producers and exporters in achieving GLOBALGood Agricultural Practice
Certification and Market Access entry into UK /EU Markets.
Project idea?
To carry out action research on selected African Food products being sold in UK,
and explore if the target sample audience are aware of the nutritional values of such
products and any health risk of such products.

Knowledge and expertise of working with African foods,Community Engagement
and Access to key communities in UK,Sharing of good practices, etc.
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Challenges?
To look at some African food products that may impact people with diabetes and
obesity, and at the same time raise the awareness of the nutritional values of such
products.

RTO / Contract Research Organisations,Food Producers,Industry Others including
Agri-food Tech
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The British Nutrition Foundation | Annette Creedon
Contact details: a.creedon@nutrition.org.uk

Org website: https://www.nutrition.org.uk/
Area of focus:
Other: Connecting people, food and science, for better nutrition and healthier lives.
We work with experts across the nutrition and food community to provide impartial,
evidence-based information, education and expertise, motivating people to adopt
healthy, sustainable diets – for life.

Other: all categories are relevant to the range of nutrition topics that we address
across all demographics and the lifecycle.
What do you do?

Connecting people, food and science, for better nutrition and healthier lives. We
work with experts across the nutrition and food community to provide impartial,
evidence-based information, education and expertise, motivating people to adopt
healthy, sustainable diets – for life.
Project idea?
Seeking to collaborate and support research via dissemination activities and
convening of experts of relevance to the area e.g via organising and delivering
roundtable events and where relevant, publishing the outcomes of these expert
events.

Expertise in nutrition science and dissemination of information as well as a wide
academic and industry based network that we can convene to address various
challenges
Challenges?
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We support dissemination

Complimentary skills where we can enhance the development of research in the field
of nutrition
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Cambond Ltd | Gareth Roberts
Contact details: groberts@cambond.co.uk

Org website: www.cambond.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Cambond has developed a range of plant-based bioresins that can replace oil-based
resins/binders in the manufacture of a large range of composites.These bioresins
have been used in conjunction with many types of agricultural/food wastes or
by-products to make construction materials and pressed/molded products
Project idea?
We have combined our bioresin with frass (derived from insects) to make a
plant-based organic seed coating with protective and growth-enhancing properties.

Innovative, cost-effective technology ready to take to market.
Challenges?
No

Cambond are looking for partners (seed suppliers/growers) to scale up and
commercialise the technology.
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MDC LTD | Vera D
Contact details: vd_info@mail.com

Org website:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10859611
Area of focus:
Other: remote sensing of agriculture

Other: monitoring plant and soil variables
What do you do?

Remote sensing application in agriculture to improve crop production
Project idea?
I can propose if I have partners

Satellite remote sensing maps and information for crop, soil and environment
Challenges?
surface observations

farmers, Universities, Agricultural institutions
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Vita-Rhize UK Ltd | Nick Read
Contact details: nick@vitarhize.co.uk

Org website: www.vitarhize.co.uk
Area of focus:

Other: sustainable agriculture
What do you do?

Provide a liquid biological complex that can replace industrial fertilizers - trials in
Europe show significant improvement in fruit set quality of oil in Olives and
improvement in Brix for strawberries
Project idea?
We have been over-using fertilizers and crop protection products for many years
now and soil health / fertility has suffered from this - we believe that this impacts the
quality of the food that we produce and the nutritional value. By going back to nature
with a technological improvement, this can be reversed.

Time, energy, passion, free product
Challenges?
Nutrient content analysis, access to supermarkets

Assistance with completing the appllication, technical research into product
characteristics/mode of action, trial management, nutritional analysis, access to food
retail chain
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N/A | Hannah Battrick
Contact details: hannah.battrick1@gmail.com

Org website: N/A
Area of focus:
Other: Eating behaviour

Other: Enhancing diets
What do you do?

I combine the latest academic research from the fields of Behavioural Science and
Child Feeding to create practical solutions to support parents. These solutions aim to
optimise childhood feeding practices to ensure children establish healthy
relationships with food. This gives them the best start towards successfully
navigating the obesogenic environment they will need to live in.
Project idea?
Parents need more support when transitioning from early complementary feeding
(weaning) foods to family mealtime foods. This is a critical window where childrens'
taste preferences and eating behaviours are established which have been shown to
track into adulthood. The academic understanding of childrens' eating behaviours
and desirable feeding practices is well established but there are limited practical
solutions applying this knowledge to support parents. This project would look at the
feasibility of a behavioural informed, evidence based tool to fill this gap.

Dedicated resource. Early-stage solution design. Links to academics. Initial funding.
Challenges?
Encouraging uptake and interest across various social demographics. Ensuring
long-term financial viability.
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Industry partners with aligned goals
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TheFLEXitarian | Ray Lorimer
Contact details: rayhouston67@hotmail.com

Org website: www.theflexi.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Develop and consult on healthy foods
Project idea?
Taking free sugar out of food

Share in business
Challenges?
Investment

Technical support
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EqualiTree CIC | Chantel Davies
Contact details: chantel@equalitree.com

Org website: NA
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Small-scale horticultural grower (field-based) and training provider
Project idea?
General idea to develop mineral-enhanced microgreens in hydroponic systems.
Recipes for different types of minerals have been developed but need to be tested
and assessed with e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry or other appropriate method.

Know-how, expertise in plant biochemistry, data analysis
Challenges?
The main challenge is getting the correct concentrations of the different minerals and
identifying the optimum growing environment.

Hydroponic facilities for experimentation and support with AAS to refine the recipes.
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Earth Analytics Group | Stephanie Race
Contact details: srace@earthabalyticsgroup.com

Org website: www.earthanalyticsgroup.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

See our Website
Project idea?
Yes

See website
Challenges?
No

Food quality
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Evolutor Ltd | Joe Price
Contact details: j.price@evolutor.bio

Org website: www.evolutor.bio
Area of focus:

What do you do?

At Evolutor we use our in house biotech platform to automate the evolution of
microbial production hosts. We aim to maximize the commercial viability of GM and
non-GM microbes for precision fermentation of proteins and ingredients.
Project idea?
Evolutor is deploying enabling technology to support the optimization of existing
biomanufacturing processes and the development of new solutions. We are
particularly interested in the evolution of microbes to convert industrial side streams
into valuable products.

Expertise in microbial evolution. We use proprietary tech, evolutionary tools and
know-how to apply evolution for accelerated results and hyper performance microbial
strains fine tuned for their specific large scale biomanufacturing processes.
Challenges?
We are focusing some internal R&D on developing microbiological tools to maximise
protein overproduction in yeast and bacteria.
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Collaborators who already have microbial production hosts in use/in their R&D
pipeline and are looking for biological solutions to improve efficiency and
sustainability.
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A&R House (BCL) Ltd | Alistair House
Contact details: alistair@purnhousefarm.co.uk

Org website: http://purnhousefarm.co.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We handle a large volume of food process wastes from the food and drinks
industries. Our main raw material is Blackcurrant pomace, from which we extract a a
polyphenol-rich liquid, before microencapsualting it to preserve the bioactivity level.
Work is being done to do this at scale at all process levels, most of which are proven
at scale.We are evaluating the reports and partaking in a trial for diabetes research
in a phase 1 clinical trial in Spain. We also handle other food wastes, but they are
either have no claims, or are not at a high enough TRL for development yet.
Project idea?
Yes, this powder needs to be extracted at scale and we believe that we can extract
at scale, concentrate under vacuum to maintain the bioactivity levels.

All other elements at scale, drying, sieving out seeds, extraction, packaging.
Challenges?
Low temp evaporation/concentration.GMP facilities/process

Capability in analytical techniques, encapsualtion engineers, Clinical trials managers
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Perfect Support | Michelle Clarke
Contact details: michelle@psupport.co.uk

Org website: www.psupport.co.uk
Area of focus:

Other: Wellbeing
What do you do?

Perfect Support is a workplace well-being company, specializing in Mental Health,
and neurodiverse conditions. We have over 20 years of experience. We provide
Strategy coaching to the employee.
Project idea?
Yes, I would like to discuss in more detail

Strategy coaching managing change.Grief councilingMental wellbeing workshops.1 2
1 coaching
Challenges?
No

To provide strategy coaching and workplace well-being including Nutritional Health
and Wellbeing.
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Stonnivation | Alan Whiteside
Contact details: alan@stonnivation.com

Org website: www.stoonnivation.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Develop collaborative clusters that utilise enabling technologies to address
sustainable development
Project idea?
Developing collaborative clusters that address sustainable development holistically

Collaborative network of UK and International stakeholders
Challenges?
Not specifically

Expertise in enabling technologies, nutrition and sustainability
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BIC Innovation | Louise Neilson
Contact details: louise.neilson@bic-innovation.com

Org website: www.bic-innovation.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We deliver various R&D food projects and programmes on behalf of the Welsh
Government and local authorities as well as commercial R&D project delivery.
Manage a NutriWales cluster bringing together industry, academia, Government and
citizen to deliver food R&D for a sustainable resilient food system.
Project idea?
-

Extensive network of actors across the food supply chain; experience in delivering
sustainable future foods innovation.
Challenges?
Gaseous exchange in vertical farming

-
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Frontier Technical Ltd | Trevor Hardcastle
Contact details: trevor@frontier-technical.com

Org website: Frontier-technical.com
Area of focus:
Other: Reduction elimination of fossil fuels use in floating aquaculture in

Other: UN SDG challenges
What do you do?

Form and direct CR&D modular platform with integral energy generation storage and
acres for isolated floating food production.
Project idea?
Industrial research for UK and export aquaculture though patented technology for
construction of integrated floating offshore aquaculture.

Technical solution, design, project direction and lead.
Challenges?
Industry and government compliance, knowledge specific to food sector.

Aquaculture equipment suppliers, feed supplier, food processing industrial partner,
volume retailer, RTO and academic partner.
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Jute Products Ltd | Jahanoor Hamid
Contact details: Info@juteproductsltd.com

Org website: www.juteproductsltd.com
Area of focus:
Other: Soil nutrition

Other: Plant based Fertilizer
What do you do?

Develop and supply jute based soil cover
Project idea?
Bio stimulant embedded jute cloth for slow biodegradation and soil conditioning for
better crop growth

Availability of natural fibre and relevant data to help with research.
Challenges?
Product awareness in market

Research and development of product
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Industrial Technology Systems Ltd | Joanne Rout
Contact details: j-rout@its-ltd.co.uk

Organisation type: Tech/Equipment provider
Org website: www.its-ltd.co.uk
Area of focus:
Other: Industrial automation and measurement

Other: None
What do you do?

Industrial automation and digitalisation
Project idea?
No

Experience/innovation in digital technologies and industrial automation in highly
regulated sectors.
Challenges?
no

Collaborators that require our automation and digital expertise.
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uFraction8 | Monika Tomecka
Contact details: monika.tomecka@ufraction8.com

Org website: https://www.ufraction8.com/
Area of focus:
Other: Cell culture based products

What do you do?

uFraction8 develops microfluidics-based filtration systems to help bio-manufacturers
to harvest their product with sustainable and scalable instruments outcompeting
conventional filters and centrifuges.
Project idea?
Not yet

Novel biomass harvesting and cell-separation tech
Challenges?
Continuous manufacturing

We look for companies from the markets of Precision Fermentation, Cellular
Agriculture and Cultivated Meat
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Point74 Limited | Mark Wood
Contact details: mark@point74.co.uk

Org website: www.point74.co.uk
Area of focus:

Other: Sustainability and ESG requirements
What do you do?

Point74 provides Product Lifecycle Software that is used by many of the UKs leading
Food Manufacturers to manage their complete product development process from
first concept through to the point of launch. This includes concept design, nutritional
and back of pack outputs, product costing, technical compliance, factory scale up,
product launch process and integration into factory manufacturing systems.
Project idea?
The design criteria and product parameters that have to be considered in the food
product development process are getting increasingly more complex. Recent and
developing requirements include having to consider ECO labeling outputs, EPR
packaging obligations, sustainability reporting, ESG outputs and other supply chain
considerations. There are further developments being driven by both government,
consumer and retailer agendas.Our idea Is to understand and develop these
requirements further, and to incorporate them into the design and development
process through practical and relevant functionality within our software, delivering
our client a leading edge capability to address the key food development issues of
the day.

A platform used by the UKs leading food manufacturers, through which we could
apply innovative functionality relevant to the design and development of new food
products.
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Challenges?
Eco labeling, ESG reporting and further sustainability considerations

We are looking for technical expertise to understand the requirements in the areas
outlined above, support to develop these requirements, and then support to
development practical and effective solutions within a software application.
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InvestinGreen.Energy | Noel Haynes
Contact details: info@investingreen.energy

Org website: https://investingreen.energy/
Area of focus:

Other: AgriTech for Small Holder Farmers
What do you do?

InvestinGreen.Energy (IVG) is a young renewable energy project developer and
independent power producer. We are a multidisciplinary team of experts with over
200 years of combined experience working to build renewable energy infrastructure
and access to energy in Africa, Asia and South America focusing on either rural
electrification (mini grids) or utility scale grid connected projects. Our mini grid
projects revolve around a concept created by IVG that involves Energy Access -->
Food Security (via AgriTech) --> Productive Use of Electricity and partner with
organisations within the Agricultural Value Chain.The main technologies we work
with are solar photovoltaic, mini-hydro, wind and biomass. We design, develop,
deliver and manage safe and sustainable energy infrastructure, servicing clients in
both the public and private sector. The vast collective experience of IVG provides us
with the unique ability to combine technical expertise, financial acumen with
stakeholder and client focus.
Project idea?
Our mini grid projects revolve around a concept created by IVG that involves Energy
Access --> Food Security (via AgriTech) --> Productive Use of Electricity and partner
with organisations within the Agricultural Value Chain.

A project outcome that ensures that both organisation's objectives are met.
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Challenges?
Ability to conduct surveys with Small Holder Farmers

Capacity building ability with Small Holder Farmers
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Mavian Agritech Ltd | Vibhuti Choyal
Contact details: vibhuti@choyal.com

Org website: myfloura.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We have developed a new flour mill with a small carbon footprint which gives people
access to custom made fresh ground flour in just six minutes. With this technology
we have created an end to end digital ecosystem that will make fresh flour
accessible to all.Benefits of Floura:- People can have the freshest flour whenever
they want.- It reduces packaging material waste as we use reusable packaging
bags.- It reduces the waste involved in discarding the packaged flours due to expiry
and damage.- Customers can easily place their order online or just walk in our store
to purchase the freshest flour there is. - Customers can select their grain type,
fineness of the flour as per their choice and create their own DIY flour.
Project idea?
We have developed a new flour mill with a small carbon footprint which gives people
access to custom made fresh ground flour in just six minutes. With this technology
we have created an end to end digital ecosystem that will make fresh flour
accessible to all.Benefits of Floura:- People can have the freshest flour whenever
they want.- It reduces packaging material waste as we use reusable packaging
bags.- It reduces the waste involved in discarding the packaged flours due to expiry
and damage.- Customers can easily place their order online or just walk in our store
to purchase the freshest flour there is. - Customers can select their grain type,
fineness of the flour as per their choice and create their own DIY flour.

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I can offer our expertise in developing innovative solutions in agri-food & also provide
help and support in manufacturing.
Challenges?
We are a new product in the UK & hence market entry is a very time consuming &
difficult task. Any help with this will be much appreciated

To make this idea funding & networking opportunities for operational support,
marketing supporting
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Phoebe App Limited | Sarah Roesink
Contact details: sarah@phoebeapp.com

Org website: www.PhoebeApp.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Phoebe is a cooking app aimed at parents and careers with young children to make
healthy home cooking accessible and achievable. Our goal is to improve the diet of
children and prevent the negative impact that ultra processed foods have on their
diet.
Project idea?
We see Phoebe to become a smart and educational cooking assistant which will
provide meal plans and recipes based on personal preferences and dietary
requirements. It will integrate easy to busy lifestyles, making home cooking
achievable by assisting with shopping and recipe suggestions, similar to Spotify for
music, it will know the user and only suggest relevant recipes.

Our app is life and we are able to collect interesting user data, from children's age to
dietary requirements and allergen filters and time spent cooking.
Challenges?
With the integration of AI and machine learning we want to app to become a smart
cooking assistant that can provide recipes based on a shopping list or photography
of ingredients for example.
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We are looking for academic, Nutrition, science and also supermarket contacts to
help us develop our app to become the go to place for science backed nutrition
information and meal planning advise for parents with small children.
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Agile Vehicle Technologies Ltd | Neil Brunt
Contact details: neilbrunt@agilevt.com

Org website: Agilevt.com
Area of focus:
Other: All Terrain Vehicles

Other: AI and Automation
What do you do?

Design and build All Terrain Vehicles for multi role applications
Project idea?
Semi / Autonomous vehicle platforms for management of marginal land /
agro-forestry

Proven track record in professional R&D vehicle design and build for defined
applications TRL1-9
Challenges?
Sales Routes to market and manufacturing at Scale

JV / Partnership Funding for market ready products
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ADAS | Roger Sylvester-Bradley
Contact details: roger.sylvester-bradley@adas.co.uk

Organisation type: RTO/contract research organisation
Org website: https://www.yen.adas.co.uk/projects/yen-nutrition
Area of focus:

What do you do?

I lead on crop performance with ADAS and I am an honorary professor of temperate
crop physiology with the University of Nottingham. I promote 'action research' with
the cropping industry, to enhance its productivity and sustainability. We run the YEN
('Yield Enhancement Network') which uses crop analysis at harvest to guide nutrient
management on farms.
Project idea?
I would like to establish a 'proof of concept' food chain that uses block-chain or other
traceability technology to inform consumers about the origin and nutrient density of
the food that they are buying, and thereby motivates farms to innovate to support
consumers' dietary aspirations.

Links to farms with analysis and reporting systems designed to support management
of crop nutrition and productivity on farms.
Challenges?
The main challenge is likely to be in product labelling and easy consumer
communication about individual nutrients and their 'density'.
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Food suppliers who see value in characterising the nutrient density of their food
products, ideally starting with foods from grain crops, and companies with
ready-to-use traceability technologies.
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Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Isatou Sarr
Contact details: isatou.sarr1@lshtm.ac.uk

Org website: www.mrc.gm
Area of focus:
Other: The Nutrition Theme at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM concentrates on
identifying, and then developing, next-generation nutrition interventions through
discovery science that will inform a clearer understanding of the basic mechanisms
linking diet and disease.

Other: Our research on iron, infection and anaemia – underpinned by the discovery
of hepcidin as the master regulator of iron – radically transforms nutritionists’
understanding of the etiology of anaemia, and hence how to combat it. Our
epigenetic research into the profound effect of a mother’s nutritional status at the
time she conceives a baby moves the focus from pregnancy to pre-conception.
These are examples of how we seek to trace a path towards better nutritional health
in low-income populations.
What do you do?

The Unit’s investigator-led research is underpinned by the combination of excellent
laboratory facilities and easy access to the field with well-defined populations that
are highly supportive of our research, excellent clinical services, rigorous ethical
procedures and ability to deliver GCP-compliant clinical trials. Our large research
portfolio spans basic research to the evaluation of interventions for the control of
diseases of public health importance in sub-Saharan Africa and globally.
Project idea?
I work as a scientific officer in the Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Illness
using RNA Personalised Molecular Signature Diagnosis (DIAMONDS study).
Arriving at any diagnosis is a complex process that involves numerous tasks, from
taking an appropriate history of symptoms to conducting laboratory tests. For
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patients with suspected infection or inflammation, a definitive diagnosis is not always
reached. The EU-funded DIAMONDS project will develop a new diagnostic
classification of infectious and inflammatory diseases. This new approach, which the
project calls 'personalised molecular signature diagnosis' (PMSD), will be based on
the discriminatory ability of a minimal set of genes able to distinguish all common
conditions simultaneously. Specifically, the project will develop a device to detect
genes required for PMSD. It will do so in partnership with 22 hospitals in 11 EU
countries and biotechnology groups in academia, SMEs and industry.

Innovation, commitment and diligence.
Challenges?
No.

A shared understanding of the goals and standards involved in the project.
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The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) | Bhavnita Patel
Contact details: bhavnita.patel@the-mtc.org

Org website: https://the-mtc.org/
Area of focus:
Other: Providing the manufacutring technology to enable the above

What do you do?

The MTC is one of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres, we help bridge
the gap between academia and industry, enabling novel technologies to be de-risked
before being adopted commercially.
Project idea?
Building equipment that would allow for solid-state legume fermentation. However,
not limited to this idea.

Have expertise in automation & robotics, design and build of equipment, informatics,
simulation and modelling. We can really help develop initial concepts into feasible
prototypes that are industrially relevant.
Challenges?
No

Not limited
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Reading Scientific Services Ltd | Sonalika Jain
Contact details: sonalika.jain@rssl.com

Org website: www.rssl.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Reading Scientific Services Ltd. (RSSL) is a cutting-edge food and pharmaceutical
contract research organisation, pushing the boundaries of science and innovation to
help make our world safer, healthier and more sustainable. Our clients, spread
across 80 countries, trust us to deliver innovative solutions to real-world problems
facing the global food and drinks industry through rigorous analytical testing,
state-of-the-art research and development, customised consultancy and training
services. Our multidisciplinary teams of more than 350 scientists support the full
product life cycle, and our technical expertise includes chemistry, physical sciences,
biochemistry and food technology. From start-ups to multinational companies, we
work hand in hand with our clients to scope, develop and manufacture products that
are not only innovative and acutely match the demands of the target market, but are
also trusted for their safety, quality and sustainability. In everything we do, we are
focused on transforming lives through science, innovation and collaboration.
Project idea?
We are looking to support ideas/solutions to challenges brought forth by potential
collaborators. We want to help the industry take unrivalled ideas and products
through regulatory approval, fit for the product market and into commercial solutions
for the food industry. We are particularly keen to support in the following areas:
•Novel & alternative ingredients and protein diversification•More affordable, desirable
and nutritionally impactful ingredients and products•Functional ingredients and foods
for stratified nutritional demands•Management and design of flexible, scalable and
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efficient manufacture •Evaluation and bespoke delivery of food safety, regulatory and
quality compliance•Predictive modelling to design and build ingredients, process and
products •Intelligent product and process design for increased productivity and
reduced resource footprint•Waste and side-stream valorisation for a circular and
spherical economy•Sustainable and alternative packaging solutions

Some of the key areas we can support in are as follows: Ingredient evaluation,
product and ingredient innovation, concept and product development, analytical
claim substantiation, structural and physical characterization, specialist flavour
analysis, specialist carbohydrate services, specialist lipids analysis, specialist protein
services, shelf-life testing and stability studies, packaging testing services, regulatory
consultancy, analytical method development and validation food safety and quality
support
Challenges?
We are looking to support ideas/solutions to challenges brought forth by potential
collaborators. We want to help the industry take ideas and products through
regulatory approval, fit for the product market and into commercial solutions for the
food industry. Additionally, through collaboration with partners and access to funding,
we are looking to develop further the technical areas of interest in order to generate
more in-demand and novel methods and services that would, in turn, allow us to
better support those working across the food and drinks value chain. Clients are
increasingly looking for offerings such as clean label ingredients, allergen
management, functional replacers for sugars, protein functionality etc.

Anyone (academia or industry) working on delivering solutions within one or more of
the areas specified in the scope section and searching for a partner that can provide
analytical expertise, product development experience and/or project management.
Particularly interested in packaging, alternative proteins and improving nutritional
quality of foods.
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Agri-EPI Centre | Rebecca Lewis
Contact details: rebecca.lewis@agri-epicentre.com

Org website: www.agri-epicentre.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

We support the development and adoption of agri-tech solutions, by bringing
together farmers, technology developers, researchers and the agri-food supply
chain, to develop solutions that will work technically, operationally and commercially
on-farm. We work across livestock, arable, horticulture and aquaculture sectors. We
can provide both controlled and real-world commercial testbeds as well as a range of
technical, data, ground-truth, PM and agricultural domain support.
Project idea?
Looking to get involved in projects that involve the agricultural stage of the supply
chain

Links to commercial farming operations, controlled testing facilities, a range of
spectral imaging, sensing and other data collection technologies that can be
deployed within projects. Technical expertise, project management and support.
Challenges?
Open to ideas
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Project ideas we can support and add value to
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Climate Innovation Hub | Isabella Guerrini de Claire
Contact details: isabellaguerrini@gmail.com

Org website: www.climateinnovationhub.com
Area of focus:

What do you do?

The Climate Innovation Hub Scotland North has been working on plant-based food
and zero-waste endeavours, creating many award-winning food and zero-waste
products. We supported many projects from the initial "seed" development,
stakeholders partnership and resources funding, through providing project strategy
support across the team and leading sustainability integrative design and marketing
delivery.
Project idea?
~In the last couple of years, I developed a bespoke approach to climate and
nutrition. Through my practical nutrition classes, people have fun and they can
understand 'by doing' and commence to regenerate themselves, together with the
planet. The understanding of micronutrition for me should be an educational corner
stone for every person on a planet affected everywhere by soil depletion. It can be
considered as a discipline in its own right. The study of the impact of micronutrients
(vitamins, minerals, trace elements, fatty acids, amino acids, fibres) on human health
- and soil - represents a very useful and effective tool to better support the various
functions of restoration of the body and of soil, but it is also essential to a true
circular economy narrative.

I have started off working in the field of agri-food, climate change and the circular
economy from the end of the nineties, beginning with my organic family farm in Italia.
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At the end of the 90s, I converted the conventional farm my family owns on the
Italian Appenines to organic farming, diversifying the rural offering with food
preservation and agri-turism, with the support of the EU project fund awards. Since
then, I continued working with the agri-food sector in organic and regenerative
endeavors, in my professional capacity in Italy and around the globe. I haven’t come
through a conventional path and that allows me to think differently and innovate new
ways of applying my research and learning. I started on the ground, studying and
working in environmental restoration and mountain farming co-running, where we
transitioned to a low impact system that actively restored important habitats. Being a
consultant in regenerative food systems in Europe and UK, my expertise has
evolved through the understanding what regenerative practice means. There is no
clear definition to what regenerative practice is, and there is a vast array of people
and products all claiming they have the answers. It’s good to have a range of
options. Ultimately, like the ecosystems we represent, we can all find our niche and
the regenerative ‘web’ will be more complex and resilient as a result.
Challenges?
Finding alternative ways of engagement to provide purpose to instigate the thinking
into a local communal food sustainability Bioregional systems.

Funding partners and trailblazers committed to the environment and people
regeneration endeavour .Changing our food system is one of the most impactful
things we can do to address climate change, create a wellbeing economy with the
human beings at the centre, rebuild biodiversity and regenerate ourselves and the
natural systems.
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Campden BRI | Craig Leadley
Contact details: craig.leadley@campdenbri.co.uk

Org website: www.campdenbri.co.uk
Area of focus:
Other: all of the above

Other: all of the above
What do you do?

Campden BRI is an independent Research & Technology Organisation providing
analytical, consultancy, training and R&D services to the food, drink and allied
industries. I am a food technologist with 30 years experience in the industry, mainly
in a research and consultancy role.
Project idea?
-

Analytical capabilities, pilot production facilities, micro testing, chemistry testing,
sensory analysis, consumer testing, regulatory support, food safety management
support. Years of experience in the field of emerging technologies.
Challenges?
-

I'm particularly interested in working with SMEs that have developing innovative
technologies or products & ingredients that they are looking to scale.
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CPI | Jonathan Rand
Contact details: jonathan.rand@uk-cpi.com

Org website: https://www.uk-cpi.com/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

CPI develop scalable upstream and downstream food and feed processes using
microbial biomass and precision fermentations, as well as cell culture. We do this for
commercial clients and as partners in collaborative projects. Our work includes
developing novel food, alternative protein, and functional food processes. We have
scientific, engineering and 24/7 operations expertise with fermentation assets from
lab-scale to 10,000 L.
Project idea?
We have a number project ideas. One of these includes using more
ethical/sustainable sourced protein to improve the protein content of diets.

We have a breadth and depth of experience in developing scalable upstream and
downstream food and feed processes using microbial biomass and precision
fermentations, as well as cell culture. We have scientific, engineering and 24/7
operations expertise with fermentation assets from lab-scale up to 10,000 L. We
have team experienced in HACCP and a dedicated bid proposal development team.
Challenges?
No
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Looking for partners throughout the supply chain.
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CHAP - Crop Health and Protection Ltd | Ed Mallows
Contact details: bids@chap-solutions.co.uk

Org website: https://chap-solutions.co.uk/
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Innovate UK Funded Agritech Centre to support industry develop and trial solutions
that will transform crop productivity via it’s world leading capabilities and sector
expertise.
Project idea?
n/a

A range of contract R&D services in Crop Production, Crop Protection, Soil Health,
Integrated Pest Management, Controlled Environment Agriculture (Glass house
-Vertical Farms). We provide technical and sector specific expertise, product trialling
and testing, access to highly specialised equipment and facilities that are open to all
and a proven track record in Innovate UK grant writing and project management.
Challenges?
n/a

A passion and drive to improve our ability to produce crops, protect the environment,
reduce inputs and restore ecosystems.
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John Innes Centre / Enterprise | Jonathan Clarke
Contact details: jonathan.clarke@jic.ac.uk

Org website: www.jic.ac.uk
Area of focus:

What do you do?

Fundamental research on the genetic improvement of vegetables and crop for
nutritional composition.
Project idea?
We have three mature technologies that we wish to translate into commercial
products:1. Fortified salads for vertical farm production - we seek a grower and
retailer as partners2. A Vitamin D enriched tomato developed using gene editing -
we seek a grower and retailer as partners3. A nutritionally enriched ready meal
suitable for food banks - we seek growers and a contract food manufacturer as
partners

We offer capability in directed genetic improvement in vegetables and crops and
through our partnership with the Quadram Institute capability in evidencing
associated health benefits.
Challenges?
The markets for nutritionally enriched foods are not well developed. The challenge is
to develop the correct economic models that will enable these foods to come to
market at costs that will ensure accessibility to the poorest in our community.
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We have mature technologies that are supported by human intervention studies, we
seek partners with industry experience to help us bring these products to market.
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Portsmouth City Council | Kristina Downey
Contact details: kristina.downey@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Organisation type: Government
Org website: https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/
Area of focus:
Other: low carbon food production, food security

What do you do?

Local authority
Project idea?
Vertical farm with social benefits

Land, network
Challenges?
Little space, business model development

Vertical farm expertise
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Council for the Regulation of Freight forwarding in Nigeria | Alban Igwe
Contact details: igwealban@gmail.com

Organisation type: Government
Org website: Council for the Regulation of Freight forwarding in Nigeria
Area of focus:

What do you do?

freight forwarding and supply chain
Project idea?
Using efficient supply chain to improve food security

full data on agricultural products in Nigeria, access to relevant stakeholders in
Nigeria on other vital information required for decision making and market
penetration.
Challenges?
Research tools and capability to establish the correlation between downstream
supply chain and food security evidence from Nigeria's Yam Industry

Research on supply chain effect on food security and investment in supply
chain-food chain networks
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